[MHGinTN]

Aw, he ain’t so bad. See folks like him all the time around my neck of the woods. His hair and beard are clean. Those wrinkl;es were earned by years in the sun no doubt. He may smoke a little dope and drink a few too many beers occasionally, but he will frame you up a great house or put in a full days work for his pay, and expect the right to spend it any damned way he chooses after that.

[PGalt]

Aw, he ain’t so bad. See folks like him all the time around my neck of the woods. His hair and beard are clean. Those wrinkl;es were earned by years in the sun no doubt. He may smoke a little dope and drink a few too many beers occasionally, but he will frame you up a great house or put in a full days work for his pay, and expect the right to spend it any damned way he chooses after that.

I thought along those lines, but you stated it much better than I could have. Thanks Marvin.

[irishtenor]

Right. Don’t judge a book by its cover... except those found on post 26 :>)

[JoeMac]

...’’and I ain’t askin’ nobody fer nothin’/if I can’t get it on my own/ And if you don’t like the way I’m livin’/you just leave this old, long-haired country-boy alone’’.